EvenMoney’s NBA Draft 2011 – Top 5 Small Forwards, #5

#5 – Bill Clark

Bill Clark is a potent offensive threat and could be the steal of the draft. He simply gets it in – the bucket. We put Bill in the #5 slot of our SF ranking because of his off/on defense and the question about his true position (Shooting Guard or Small Forward).

Bill has a great skill-set, in that he will give you three-pointers, rebounds, assists and steals. The problem is that he does it only at slightly above the average for this draft class. Part of why his numbers don’t jump out is because he’s teammates with our #2 ranked SF (Damian Saunders).

Still not convinced? Ponder the stats below and press play!

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SF	Bill Clark
	BPM		PCM	DIR	TPA
Rank	40.63	47.00		54.25	6.00

 Out of 138 players:

·        Bill Clark would be a first round pick in only 1 of the 4 metrics. This ranking of #6 poses a BIG question.

·        If a team is willing to develop him as its 3^rd most important player, he could be the steal of the draft.

·        We see Clark as a mid second round pick.

·        Considered as a whole (BPM), as well as for each specialty (PCM for Production; DIR for Defense; and TPA (Talent/Skill-set).